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Learn moreCan You Forgive Her? is the first of the six Palliser novels. Here Trollope examines parliamentary election and marriage, politics and privacy. As he dissects the Victorian upper class, issues and people shed their pretenses under his patient, ironic probe.
Alice Vavasor cannot decide whether to marry her ambitious but violent cousin George or the upright and gentlemanly John Greyāand so finds herself accepting and rejecting each of them in turn. She is increasingly confused about her own feelings and unable to forgive herself for such vacillationāa situation contrasted with that of her friend Lady Glencora, forced by āsagacious headsā to marry the rising politician Plantagenet Palliser in order to prevent her true love, the worthless Burgo Fitzgerald, from wasting her vast fortune. In asking his listeners to pardon Alice for her transgression of the Victorian moral code, Trollope created a telling and wide-ranging account of the social world of his day.
Anthony Trollope (1815 ā 1882) was one of the most successful, prolific and respected English novelists of the Victorian era. Some of his best-loved works, collectively known as the Chronicles of Barsetshire, revolve around the imaginary county of Barsetshire. He also wrote perceptive novels on political, social, and gender issues, and on other topical matters.
Simon Vance is the critically acclaimed narrator of approximately 400 audiobooks, winner of 27 AudioFile Earphones Awards, and a 12-time Audie Award-winner. He won an Audie in 2006 in the category of Science Fiction and was named the 2011 Best Voice in Biography and History and in 2010 Best Voice in Fiction by AudioFile magazine.Ā
Ā Vance has been a narrator for the past 25 years, and also worked for many years as a BBC Radio presenter and newsreader in London.Ā Some of his best-selling and most praised audiobook performances include Stieg Larssonās The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Hilary Mantelās Bring Up the Bodies (an Audie award-winner), Ian Flemingās Casino Royale, Oscar Wildeās The Picture of Dorian Gray, Patrick OāBrianās Master and Commander series (all 21 titles), the new productions of Frank Herbertās original Dune series, and Rob Giffordās China Road (an AudioFile 2007 Book of the Year). Vance lives near San Francisco with his wife and two sons.
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āThe tale is, in many respects, one of his best.ā
āMr. Trollope...has never written a story in which there is better workmanship, or more careful study of character than Can You Forgive Her?ā
āGrippingā¦The satire on the mores and double dealings of society still seems contemporaryā¦Trollopeās account of a society in which money, breeding and influence, rather than skill or integrity, are the primary routes into power is unpleasantly familiar.ā
āLike a fine, well-aged wine, Vanceās British-laced reading is full-bodied, robust, and smoothā¦Vance changes dialects to indicate class levels and has an especially good time with a banker who speaks in a blustery, pompous voice. Trollope fans will love Vanceās interpretation of this classic novel.ā
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